Digital microfluidics for biological analysis and applications

X Xu, L Cai, S Liang, Q Zhang, S Lin, M Li, Q Yang… - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Digital microfluidics (DMF) is an emerging liquid-handling technology based on arrays of
microelectrodes for the precise manipulation of discrete droplets. DMF offers the benefits of …

Engineered microsystems for spheroid and organoid studies

SM Kang, D Kim, JH Lee, S Takayama… - Advanced healthcare …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 3D in vitro model systems such as spheroids and organoids provide an opportunity
to extend the physiological understanding using recapitulated tissues that mimic …

Traditional vs. Microfluidic synthesis of zno nanoparticles

ML Popa, MD Preda, IA Neacșu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microfluidics provides a precise synthesis of micro-/nanostructures for various applications,
including bioengineering and medicine. In this review article, traditional and microfluidic …

Directional droplet transport on functional surfaces with superwettabilities

P Lv, YL Zhang, DD Han, HB Sun - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Directional droplet transport on smart surfaces with superwettabilities arouse extensive
attentions from both the scientific community and industry due to the exciting applications in …

Microfluidic technology for antibacterial resistance study and antibiotic susceptibility testing: review and perspective

N Qin, P Zhao, EA Ho, G **n, CL Ren - ACS sensors, 2020 - ACS Publications
A review on microfluidic technology for antibacterial resistance study and antibiotic
susceptibility testing (AST) is presented here. Antibiotic resistance has become a global …

Large-area electronics-enabled high-resolution digital microfluidics for parallel single-cell manipulation

S Hu, J Ye, S Shi, C Yang, K **, C Hu… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Large-area electronics as switching elements are an ideal option for electrode-array-based
digital microfluidics. With support of highly scalable thin-film semiconductor technology, high …

On-the-fly mass spectrometry in digital microfluidics enabled by a microspray hole: Toward multidimensional reaction monitoring in automated synthesis platforms

A Das, C Weise, M Polack, RD Urban… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We report an approach for the online coupling of digital microfluidics (DMF) with mass
spectrometry (MS) using a chip-integrated microspray hole (μSH). The technique uses an …

Advances in microfluidics for single red blood cell analysis

GV Grigorev, AV Lebedev, X Wang, X Qian… - Biosensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
The utilizations of microfluidic chips for single RBC (red blood cell) studies have attracted
great interests in recent years to filter, trap, analyze, and release single erythrocytes for …

Bacterial classification and antibiotic susceptibility testing on an integrated microfluidic platform

AA Sklavounos, CR Nemr, SO Kelley, AR Wheeler - Lab on a Chip, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
With the prevalence of bacterial infections and increasing levels of antibiotic resistance
comes the need for rapid and accurate methods for bacterial classification (BC) and …

Combining sensors and actuators with electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD): advanced digital microfluidic systems for biomedical applications

Z Tong, C Shen, Q Li, H Yin, H Mao - Analyst, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The concept of digital microfluidics (DMF) enables highly flexible and precise droplet
manipulation at a picoliter scale, making DMF a promising approach to realize integrated …